[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 54 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S4370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO JEAN BROWN, UPON HER RETIREMENT AS HEAD OF LEADERSHIP 
                               GREENVILLE

 Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, it is my great honor today to 
salute one of Greenville's most beloved business leaders on her 
retirement as head of Leadership Greenville: Mrs. Jean Brown.
  Mrs. Brown has dedicated the last twenty years of her life to 
fostering an entrepreneurial environment in the South Carolina Upstate. 
Since 1979, she has worked with the Greenville Chamber of Commerce to 
develop the Leadership Greenville program, which today is a model of 
its kind.
  Through Leadership Greenville, Jean Brown has had an influence on the 
life of her community few individuals can match. Graduates of her ten 
month program head countless civic associations, philanthropic boards, 
and volunteer organizations in the Upstate. These leaders possess an 
unselfish and admirable desire to serve their communities, which Jean 
Brown encouraged and channeled.
  Thanks to her enthusiasm and energy, Leadership Greenville has grown 
into a Greenville institution. Although Jean Brown is retiring, her 
legacy will live on for generations in the good works of the Leadership 
Greenville graduates she trained.
  Mrs. Brown defines a leader as ``a person who has a passion for what 
they want to accomplish.'' If that is true, Mr. President, Jean Brown 
is a peerless leader. Today I am honored to pay tribute to such a 
dedicated and unselfish public servant.

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